Analysis of the most affected countries in Africa

Cross-country comparison over absolute dates

Confirmed

Dead

Active

Cross-country comparison with approximately aligned start days

Confirmed

Dead

Active

Per-country analysis with exponential and sigmoidal projections, and new cases analysis

IMPORTANT: The projections are only accurate if the fit is good (it often isn't), and assuming nothing changes going forward. The sigmoid is omitted if a reasonable fit can't be computed, but this still doesn't mean that the fit is good if it is shown.

The dashed lines show best fit projections from a few previous days for comparison.

Algeria

Population $43,851,044$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-03-15 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $4,006$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(351 \times 10^{0.023t}\) (doubling rate \(13.0\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{4,468.1}{1 + 10^{-0.047 (t - 32.0)}}\) (asimptote \(4,468.1\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-18 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $450$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(58.3 \times 10^{0.022t}\) (doubling rate \(13.6\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{434.9}{1 + 10^{-0.089 (t - 22.6)}}\) (asimptote \(434.9\))

Active

Start date 2020-03-17 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $1,777$ on 2020-04-30

Mauritius

Population $1,271,768$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-03-18 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $332$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(98.4 \times 10^{0.014t}\) (doubling rate \(20.9\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{335.9}{1 + 10^{-0.102 (t - 15.3)}}\) (asimptote \(335.9\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-21 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $10$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(3.6 \times 10^{0.012t}\) (doubling rate \(24.3\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{9.4}{1 + 10^{-0.094 (t - 11.1)}}\) (asimptote \(9.4\))

Active

Start date 2020-03-18 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $12$ on 2020-04-30

Congo (Kinshasa)

Population $5,518,087$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-03-19 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $572$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(51.9 \times 10^{0.024t}\) (doubling rate \(12.6\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{848.1}{1 + 10^{-0.036 (t - 37.8)}}\) (asimptote \(848.1\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-21 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $31$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(6.79 \times 10^{0.017t}\) (doubling rate \(17.5\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{27.8}{1 + 10^{-0.072 (t - 15.7)}}\) (asimptote \(27.8\))

Active

Start date 2020-03-19 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $468$ on 2020-04-30

Morocco

Population $36,910,560$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-03-17 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $4,423$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(292 \times 10^{0.028t}\) (doubling rate \(10.9\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{5,727.9}{1 + 10^{-0.052 (t - 34.0)}}\) (asimptote \(5,727.9\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-22 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $170$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(34.6 \times 10^{0.019t}\) (doubling rate \(15.7\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{163.8}{1 + 10^{-0.078 (t - 17.1)}}\) (asimptote \(163.8\))

Active

Start date 2020-03-18 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $3,269$ on 2020-04-30

Egypt

Population $102,334,404$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-03-14 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $5,537$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(294 \times 10^{0.027t}\) (doubling rate \(11.1\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{8,974.1}{1 + 10^{-0.040 (t - 43.5)}}\) (asimptote \(8,974.1\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-22 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $392$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(35.6 \times 10^{0.027t}\) (doubling rate \(11.2\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{506.3}{1 + 10^{-0.048 (t - 30.2)}}\) (asimptote \(506.3\))

Active

Start date 2020-03-16 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $3,764$ on 2020-04-30

Tunisia

Population $11,818,619$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-03-13 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $994$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(169 \times 10^{0.017t}\) (doubling rate \(17.3\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{964.1}{1 + 10^{-0.067 (t - 22.7)}}\) (asimptote \(964.1\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-22 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $41$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(10.5 \times 10^{0.017t}\) (doubling rate \(18.1\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{40.3}{1 + 10^{-0.079 (t - 15.3)}}\) (asimptote \(40.3\))

Active

Start date 2020-03-13 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $648$ on 2020-04-30

Cameroon

Population $26,545,863$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-03-21 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $1,832$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(188 \times 10^{0.025t}\) (doubling rate \(12.0\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{2,488.9}{1 + 10^{-0.042 (t - 31.4)}}\) (asimptote \(2,488.9\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-29 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $61$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(5.11 \times 10^{0.035t}\) (doubling rate \(8.7\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{85.2}{1 + 10^{-0.064 (t - 25.4)}}\) (asimptote \(85.2\))

Active

Start date 2020-03-21 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $837$ on 2020-04-30

Burkina Faso

Population $20,903,273$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-03-19 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $645$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(168 \times 10^{0.015t}\) (doubling rate \(19.6\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{660.0}{1 + 10^{-0.059 (t - 17.0)}}\) (asimptote \(660.0\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-22 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $43$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(9.82 \times 10^{0.018t}\) (doubling rate \(16.9\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{47.3}{1 + 10^{-0.051 (t - 19.0)}}\) (asimptote \(47.3\))

Active

Start date 2020-03-19 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $96$ on 2020-04-30

Recovering countries that had over 300 active cases at peak

List of all recovering countries (the top 4 not covered above are also analyzed below)

Burkina Faso recovered 70%
Niger recovered 54%
Djibouti recovered 46%

Niger

Population $24,206,644$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-03-30 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $719$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(219 \times 10^{0.019t}\) (doubling rate \(16.2\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{689.3}{1 + 10^{-0.124 (t - 10.3)}}\) (asimptote \(689.3\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-30 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $32$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(5.47 \times 10^{0.025t}\) (doubling rate \(12.0\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{64.3}{1 + 10^{-0.036 (t - 31.4)}}\) (asimptote \(64.3\))

Active

Start date 2020-04-01 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $235$ on 2020-04-30

Djibouti

Population $988,000$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-03-18 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $1,089$ on 2020-04-30

Best fit exponential: \(43.6 \times 10^{0.034t}\) (doubling rate \(8.8\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{1,082.6}{1 + 10^{-0.140 (t - 29.6)}}\) (asimptote \(1,082.6\))

Dead

Start date 2020-04-10 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $2$ on 2020-04-30

Active

Start date 2020-03-18 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $445$ on 2020-04-30